Week 3: How Our Opponents Fared

by LondonRaider on Sep 23, 2009 4:23 PM CDT

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What did we learn about our Opponents after Week 3?

More after the jump!

The Good: Nebraska, UT, Oklahoma

The Overrated: Baylor

Least Likely to Succeed: Texas A&M, Oklahoma State

Combined Season Wins and Losses: 21-13
Week 3 Wins and Losses: 6-5
Most Significant Win: UT survives TTU.
Most Significant Loss: Baylor losing to UConn. I think its safe to say that BU's preseason hype is officially over.
Least Impressive Win: Tie. TAMU surrendering 521 yards to the 115^th ranked Utah State in a 38-30 victory at home. OK State surrendering 301 passing yards to 108^th ranked Rice in a 41-24 home victory.
Worst Loss: The Nebraska loss to Virginia Tech was a heart breaker. To surrender an 81 yard pass with 1 minute to go. To give back a touchdown due to one penalty after another. Ouch.
Biggest Upset Win: TAMU over Utah State? It sure seemed like it.
Biggest Upset Loss: Games played out as most projected.
Number of Opponents in the Top 25: Three. Record 0-3.
Number of FCS Opponents (ex UND): Zero. Fortunately KSU scheduled Tennessee Tech and OSU has Grambling on the schedule next week.
Number of Opponents in the Bottom 40: Three. Record 3-0.
UND Fighting Sioux Update: The Fighting Sioux pull out a tough victory over NW State in Natchitoches. Next game on the road at Stephen F. Austin who beat NAIA school Texas College 92-0 two weeks ago.

Team	CBS Sportline Power Ranking	Outcome	Opponent	CBS Sportsline Opponent Ranking	Final Score	Comments	Next Opponent
Texas Tech (2-1)	30	L	Texas	2	24-34	Credit where credit's due. Ruff and his boys played a hell of a game. Bring on the Coogs!	Houston

Texas (3-0)	2	W	Texas Tech	30	34-24	As for those 50 point predictions...	UTEP

Houston (2-0)	17	-	Off	-	-	After last week's performance, I like our chances. A lot.	Texas Tech

New Mexico (0-3)	86	L	Air Force	63	13-37	For UNM its always about the next week.	New Mexico State
Kansas State (1-2)	88	L	UCLA	37	9-23	Is it just me, or did UCLA look terrible. Again. I see a rare W on KSU's horizon.	Tenn Tech

Nebraska (2-1)	21	L	Virginia Tech	15	15-16	The one that got away. The Huskers D looked impressive except for 1 play.	ULL

Texas A&M (2-0)	68	W	Utah State	115	38-30	The Ags surrender 521 yards to the 115th ranked Ags.	UAB

Kansas (3-0)	20	W	Duke	95	44-16	KU's dreams of another cream puff-schedule-driven Orange Bowl run are alive and well. Southern Miss could be a tough out.	Southern Miss

Oklahoma State (2-1)	18	W	Rice	108	41-24	How unimpressive does OSU look right now? A 17 point win at home over Rice?	Grambling

Oklahoma (2-1)	12	W	Tulsa	59	45-0	OU outcored its last two opponents 109-0. Bradford on his way back? A week off and then Miami.	Off

Baylor (1-1)	54	L	Uconn	61	22-30	From last week: "This should be a close game." BU never threatened after the 3rd quarter. Let's put the Baylor hype to bed now.	NW State

Rice (0-3)	108	L	Oklahoma State	18	24-41	OK State surrendered 301 yards passing to Fanuzzi and Shepherd.	Vanderbilt

North Dakota (1-1)	FCS –unranked	W	NW State	FCS-unranked	27-20	UND's defense recovers 3 fumbles, blocks a XPAT, and registers a safety.	Stephen F Austin

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I like that we’re following UND.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

by ayleein on Sep 23, 2009 4:33 PM CDT reply actions

Yea

Me too.

If you not having fun....then your not playing the game right.

by texastfan on Sep 23, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I too have become quite the UND supporter.

by Plano Jeff on Sep 23, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

This is a unique team and school, where their people, for the most part, are very good sportspersons, as exhibited when Tech played them. I too shall be cheering for them to have a very successful year. No doubt, they DESERVE our support. What a really nice bunch of people. And the team is about as competitive as they can be, regardless of the opponent, and they play cleanly, with no unsportsmanlike actions. GO Fighting Sioux!

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Sep 23, 2009 6:28 PM CDT reply actions

I’ve been chatting with the guys at SiouxSports since we played them. +1 on what TTpilk said. They’re kinda like us – moving things to a new level and trying to build the roster to succeed there.

Stephen F Austin apparently has a potent passing attack, but I think we’ve seen how the Sioux play against one of those. They play in Nacogdoches at 6 on Saturday. If it weren’t for the rain and our game on TV, I’d wander down and watch them. Scalp some Lumberjacks!

by TechFirst on Sep 23, 2009 9:07 PM CDT reply actions

Mini Coop Road trip

The wife and I took her Mini up US 83 to North DakOOOOOta a few weeks ago.
If you are going to support them you have to learn to learn to extenuate your OOOOO"s.
You also would get together with some friends and have some Beeeeers before the game. We also caught a Rough riders game on the radio while crossing ND. That was a hoot, lots of “Don’t ya knows” and “eh.” The Elf did not put the move on some one he “Deke” them, and I kid you not a Hoodie is called a “Bunnyhug”

As a side note I sported a Tech Shirt and hat all day in Nebraska and lived to tell about it. Little old ladies in Nebraska know more about their football team, and ours, than Aggies know about Cow Poop. We stopped in White River Neb. and this lady who could have been Moses sister asked me about that Potts kid and if we still had that strange looking OL. She then gave me a lecture on the merits of Bo.
Very nice people in both Dakooooootas and Nebraska.

VIVA LA FIGA!

by bmaxw on Sep 23, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions

everyone up here stresses ours oooo's for some reason

thanks for the friendly comments, we up here are cheering for you guys to do well to!
and i’m not sure what a bunnyhug is

"I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." - Vince Lombardi

by nodakroxfan on Sep 23, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions

bunnyhug

by Campeador on Sep 23, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Hello

It is still nice for you guys to shoooooow up here at doubletnation.

All kidding aside, we are all pulling for the Fighting Sioux. I sure would like to get down to Nacogdoches and watch and cheer your team on, but as TechFirst said, we will be on TV and since I can’t go to Houston and see it, I will watch it with my brother here. I hope all ND alumni that are near can get down to root for the team. I will be cheering from my living room in Austin for you guys. Know that we at doublet are on your side. Go get ’em Fighting Sioux!

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Sep 23, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions